*Thousands flee Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, in the wake of escalating violence.
*Indigenous activists in Australia rally on British Colonization Anniversary.
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00:00In France, a poll showed that President Emmanuel Macron lost popularity among French citizens.
00:05This, contended with the president's work group since the mass protests of the Yellow
00:09Vest movement against the fuel tax hike.
00:12Polls show that 79% of those interviewed reject President Emmanuel Macron's administration.
00:18This is two years before the end of his term.
00:21France faces a political crisis marked by instability due to the handling of anti-government
00:26protests, migratory measures, division in parliament, among others.
00:30In other news, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, thousands flee from refugee
00:37camps in the city of Goma due to heavy armed clashes.
00:41Armed groups have advanced along the border with Rwanda, near the city of Goma, where
00:45some two million people live.
00:47For its part, the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo announced a rupture
00:51of diplomatic relations with Rwanda due to its alleged support for the balance.
00:55At the same time, the United Nations Security Council brought forward an emergency meeting
01:00on the escalation of the conflict.
01:07Look at how everyone is in disarray this morning.
01:10We're suffering a lot.
01:12People are fleeing everywhere.
01:14And we don't know where to go anymore, because we started fleeing a long time ago.
01:20I fled from Kiwanje, Racheru, Kibomba.
01:23I've never stopped fleeing.
01:26And even today, the war catches us here among the host families.
01:30Now we have nowhere to go.
01:33Now if the situation deteriorates any further, I'm not going to flee again.
01:37I'm tired of fleeing, and I have nowhere else to go.
01:40We abandoned our villages to come here to Goma.
01:43And even here, people started to flee.
01:45Where are we going to take refuge now?
01:47All the roads are closed.
01:48We thought we could even cross the lake.
01:50But there too it's not safe.
01:52We have nowhere to go.
01:57And in Australia, two historic statues have been damaged in Melbourne ahead of Australia
02:02Day celebrations.
02:03On Sunday, with tens of thousands of people across the country joining protests in support
02:07of Aboriginal groups who say the date should be relabeled as Invasion Day, the statue of
02:15colonist John Batman, one of the founders of the country's second largest city, but
02:19also involved in the killing of Indigenous people, was shown in half.
02:24Whereas another monument, this time commemorating Australian soldiers in the First World War,
02:28was dubbed in red paint, and the words, Land Back.
02:32Australia's National Day is observed on January 26th as a date of mourning for many Indigenous
02:36Australians, for it marks the day Captain James Cook landed in Sydney Cove, though starting
02:42the country's colonisation by the British.
02:45It's about changing the date, but it's more about making people aware of our injustices
02:55that have been since, and still ongoing, since the white man came.
02:59Do I believe that genuine change can happen in the hearts and minds of everybody here,
03:07like living on this stolen land?
03:10No.
03:11But, like having hope for the resistance, like you just can't stop resisting, like that's
03:15not a choice, because if you do that you're convincing.